Bekzhan D Kossalbayev
Biographic Data
| ID | 6933812 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bekzhan D Kossalbayev |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bekzhan D |
| FAMILY NAME | Kossalbayev |
| SIGNATURE | KOSSALBAYEV B D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Satbayev University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3892-7920 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Regulated pluralism and lived Christianity in Kazakhstan
This article analyses Christianity in Kazakhstan as a transcultural and theologically meaningful social formation rather than as a mere demographic residue of Soviet history or a simple outcome of missionary expansion. The argument is that Christianity in Kazakhstan is produced at the intersection of three layers: legal regulation, ethno-linguistic negotiation, and lived religious practice. To make this argument, the study develops a comparative …
Sacred sound and spiritual formation
This conceptual article examines sacred sound as a medium of spiritual formation and religious identity in Kazakh Islamic culture. It treats dhikr, devotional singing, poetic recitation and culturally embedded vocal practices as forms of religious remembrance, not simply as aesthetic performance. Drawing on Qur'anic language, sound studies, Sufi reflection on samāʿ and Central Asian scholarship, the article develops a cultural-theological reading…
Regional security collaboration between Central Asia and China contemporary challenges and future prospects
Under China's One Belt, One Road initiative, Central Asia plays a pivotal role in linking Europe and East Asia, with Beijing initially prioritizing economic interests. However, there is still no comprehensive assessment of how China's growing security role in the region reshapes existing security arrangements and what forms future cooperation might take. This study addresses that problem by examining the specific dimensions of China-Central Asia …
Religious - Ethical Values in Kazakh Culture in the Digital Age
Public consciousness today oscillates between secular rationalisation, accelerating digital economies, and a renewed desire for spiritual and ethical depth. Mythologemes and symbols mediate religious knowing, they also stabilise ethical horizons when informational noise rises. Building on Ernst Cassirer’s theory of symbolic forms, where myth and language are foundational cultural expressions, and Martin Heidegger’s view of language as world formi…
The Religious and Social Logic of Terrorism Financing
Terrorism persists not simply because of its violence or ideology but because the networks that sustain it are embedded in the everyday relations of markets, politics and faith. This article analyzes the social logic of terrorism financing by integrating sociological theory with recent research on the misuse of charity, informal value transfer systems and digital currencies. Empirical evidence from Kazakhstan and Central Asia is combined with int…
Evolution of Islamic Madrasas in the Kazakh Steppe
Islam places a premium on literacy and the transmission of knowledge. Early Islamic education began in mosques, with circles where instructors taught Qurʼanic recitation, law and poetry. By the 10th century these circles evolved into independent madrasas – colleges offering both religious and secular instruction and training administrative officials. The madrasas spread along the Silk Roads and became universal centres of learning, combining theo…
The roots of the cultural deviation of Sufism in the ancient Turkic nomadic culture
Introduction This study investigates the integration of Sufism into medieval Turkic nomadic culture, analyzing how Sufi rituals, saintly authority, and scholarly networks reshaped social structures and collective identity on the Eurasian steppe. Methods We assembled a multidisciplinary corpus, including Divan‐i Ḥikmet verses, 12th-14th‐century hagiographies, waqf endowments, archaeological surveys, and secondary literature, and applied hermeneuti…
Spiritual and Theological Aspects of Personal Development in the Heritage of Al-Farabi
This article is devoted to the theological and philosophical aspect of personal development on the path of virtue in the educational heritage of Abu Nasr Al-Farabi who was a prominent Islamic philosopher who lived from 872 to 950 CE. The research is grounded in the context of Islamic philosophy and theology, where the concept of a virtuous personality is seen as not only an ethical but also a spiritual ideal aimed at harmony with the divine order…
Sufi Motives in Ancient Turkic Nomadic Culture
The cultural and anthropological concept of Turkic Sufism is rooted in ideals of spiritual perfection, the absolute, and the archetype of the "perfect human". This concept, though widely influential, remains insufficiently explored from sociological perspectives. This article expands on Sufi motives in ancient Turkic nomadic culture by incorporating sociological theories of collective rituals, authority, and cultural capital. Drawing on Émile Dur…
Sufi Motives in Ancient Turkic Nomadic Culture
The cultural and anthropological concept of Turkic Sufism is rooted in ideals of spiritual perfection, the absolute, and the archetype of the "perfect human". This concept, though widely influential, remains insufficiently explored from sociological perspectives. This article expands on Sufi motives in ancient Turkic nomadic culture by incorporating sociological theories of collective rituals, authority, and cultural capital. Drawing on Émile Dur…
The roots of the cultural deviation of Sufism in the ancient Turkic nomadic culture
Introduction This study investigates the integration of Sufism into medieval Turkic nomadic culture, analyzing how Sufi rituals, saintly authority, and scholarly networks reshaped social structures and collective identity on the Eurasian steppe. Methods We assembled a multidisciplinary corpus, including Divan‐i Ḥikmet verses, 12th-14th‐century hagiographies, waqf endowments, archaeological surveys, and secondary literature, and applied hermeneuti…
Spiritual and Theological Aspects of Personal Development in the Heritage of Al-Farabi
This article is devoted to the theological and philosophical aspect of personal development on the path of virtue in the educational heritage of Abu Nasr Al-Farabi who was a prominent Islamic philosopher who lived from 872 to 950 CE. The research is grounded in the context of Islamic philosophy and theology, where the concept of a virtuous personality is seen as not only an ethical but also a spiritual ideal aimed at harmony with the divine order…
Sufi Motives in Ancient Turkic Nomadic Culture
The cultural and anthropological concept of Turkic Sufism is rooted in ideals of spiritual perfection, the absolute, and the archetype of the "perfect human". This concept, though widely influential, remains insufficiently explored from sociological perspectives. This article expands on Sufi motives in ancient Turkic nomadic culture by incorporating sociological theories of collective rituals, authority, and cultural capital. Drawing on Émile Dur…
Regulated pluralism and lived Christianity in Kazakhstan
This article analyses Christianity in Kazakhstan as a transcultural and theologically meaningful social formation rather than as a mere demographic residue of Soviet history or a simple outcome of missionary expansion. The argument is that Christianity in Kazakhstan is produced at the intersection of three layers: legal regulation, ethno-linguistic negotiation, and lived religious practice. To make this argument, the study develops a comparative …
Sacred sound and spiritual formation
This conceptual article examines sacred sound as a medium of spiritual formation and religious identity in Kazakh Islamic culture. It treats dhikr, devotional singing, poetic recitation and culturally embedded vocal practices as forms of religious remembrance, not simply as aesthetic performance. Drawing on Qur'anic language, sound studies, Sufi reflection on samāʿ and Central Asian scholarship, the article develops a cultural-theological reading…
Regional security collaboration between Central Asia and China contemporary challenges and future prospects
Under China's One Belt, One Road initiative, Central Asia plays a pivotal role in linking Europe and East Asia, with Beijing initially prioritizing economic interests. However, there is still no comprehensive assessment of how China's growing security role in the region reshapes existing security arrangements and what forms future cooperation might take. This study addresses that problem by examining the specific dimensions of China-Central Asia …
Religious - Ethical Values in Kazakh Culture in the Digital Age
Public consciousness today oscillates between secular rationalisation, accelerating digital economies, and a renewed desire for spiritual and ethical depth. Mythologemes and symbols mediate religious knowing, they also stabilise ethical horizons when informational noise rises. Building on Ernst Cassirer’s theory of symbolic forms, where myth and language are foundational cultural expressions, and Martin Heidegger’s view of language as world formi…
The Religious and Social Logic of Terrorism Financing
Terrorism persists not simply because of its violence or ideology but because the networks that sustain it are embedded in the everyday relations of markets, politics and faith. This article analyzes the social logic of terrorism financing by integrating sociological theory with recent research on the misuse of charity, informal value transfer systems and digital currencies. Empirical evidence from Kazakhstan and Central Asia is combined with int…
Evolution of Islamic Madrasas in the Kazakh Steppe
Islam places a premium on literacy and the transmission of knowledge. Early Islamic education began in mosques, with circles where instructors taught Qurʼanic recitation, law and poetry. By the 10th century these circles evolved into independent madrasas – colleges offering both religious and secular instruction and training administrative officials. The madrasas spread along the Silk Roads and became universal centres of learning, combining theo…
Islam (5 works) · Kazakh (3 works) · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations (2 works) · Consciousness (2 works) · Islamic Studies and History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (2 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)